Hi, Wang Yang, Would you like to come to my birthday party at 6 pm next Saturday? At the party, we can play games, tell jokes, and sing songs. I also want to invite some other classmates and some friends to the party. And you will find a big surprise at the party. Would you like to come?Regards,

Allen

12. Read and answer.

1) Who is the host? ________________________________________________________ Allen is the host.

2) Who are the guests? The guests are Allen’s classmates, friends and Wang Yang. ________________________________________________________

17. Talk and circle.— What’s the weather like in London? — It’s foggy.

Moscow-7~3℃

Tokyo 11~17℃ London 12~17℃

New York 15~20℃ Shanghai

Beijing 7~15℃

13~23℃

17. Talk and circle.AC L O U D Y W

LS U N N Y Z I

SN X W A R M N

FO H E A H N D

OW O R A I N Y

GY T W V D R X

GA P E G R O U

YO U T Y Y W E

Plan a birthday party for your classmates.1) Work in groups of 4. Find out who was born in this month.You can use the following conversation as an example. — When is your birthday? — My birthday is in January. And yours? — My birthday is in August. His / Her birthday is in … 2) Decide on the guests, the place and the time for the party and write them down in your Memo 1.

Plan a birthday party for your classmates.3) Discuss the activities for the party. You can use the following sentence patterns. You can use the following activities or design

other activities. Record them in Memo 2. Can we …? What about …? Is … OK?Good idea! / That’s a good idea! / That sounds good! Well, I don’t think it’s a good idea. dancing hip-pop dancing disco eating a birthday cake playing games watching TV

playing poker singing telling jokes

Activities: _______________________________________

Memo 2

_______________________________________________

Plan a birthday party for your classmates.4) Decide on what food and drinks you’ll have and who will bring them. You can use the sentence patterns in Step 3.

Then complete Memo 3.

Memo 3Name Items

5) Each group presents their birthday party plan. Students born in this month choose the best one. 6) If possible, hold a birthday party according to the best plan for students born in this month.

Listen and repeat.

It is raining, it is raining, On my head, on my head. Pitter, patter raindrops, Pitter, patter raindrops, I’m all wet! I’m all wet!

( (

) without ( ) joke (

) cloudy ( ) guest (

) host

(

) pleasant ) weather

) beautiful (

((

) party) activity

((

) rainy

(

) windy) memo

((

) snowy) activity

) usually (

(( (

) talk about the weather.) invite people to a party. ) use pronouns.

Australia activity California cloudy

n. n. n. adj. n. adj.

澳大利亚 活动 加利福尼亚州(美国西部一州) 多云的 同班同学 有雾的

classmatefoggy guest host invite

n.n. v.

客人主人 邀请

joke London laptop Moscow memo New York pleasant party rainy

n.

笑话

n.n. n. n. n.

伦敦(英国首都)笔记本电脑 莫斯科(俄罗斯首都) 备忘录 纽约

adj.n. adj.

令人愉快的聚会 下雨的

sunny snowy Tokyo usually windy weather welcome without

adj.

晴朗的

adj.n. adv. adj. n.

下雪的东京(日本首都) 通常 刮风的 天气

v. & adj.prep.

欢迎，受欢迎的不带?；没有?

In some countries people greeteach other by kissing and embracing (拥抱). Avoid this in Britain. The way to greet a British person for the first time is to shake hands with him or her. There should be no more than three shakes up and down. Don’t pat (拍) him or her on the back — this is not British.

Kissing is not common except in the case of elderly ladies. They will incline (降低) their heads, and you should lean (倾斜) towards their left side and kiss the air an inch or so above the cheek (脸颊). Do not